C14 Departure

The next morning!

Yuan Chiying left a piece of paper in his room, carried his luggage and left the Yuan Mansion foothold.

Yuan Chiying decided to make a trip to the Chu Family's stronghold in the Imperial City. The Chu Family's stronghold was not too far away from the Yuan Mansion foothold, and because it was still early, there were not many people on the streets.

Yuan Chiying appeared in front of the Chu Clan's residence. The Chu Clan's residence was constructed in the same way as the Yuan Clan's stronghold, the only difference was that the size was obviously much larger.

There were two guards at the entrance of the courtyard. Seeing Yuan Chiying coming alone, the two guards were slightly startled, then asked: "Is there something you need?"

"I am looking for Patriarch Chu, please help me inform him, tell him that Yuan Chiying is here to pay a visit!" Yuan Chiying said to the two guards.

"Wait a moment!"

One of the guards quickly left and entered the courtyard. Not long after, the guard returned.

"Please follow me!"

Yuan Chiying nodded and followed him immediately. They passed through the courtyard and entered the center of the hall.

A servant brought out a cup of tea and placed it on the table beside Yuan Chiying. Without being polite, Yuan Chiying drank the tea in the cup.

"Good tea!" As expected of the Chu Clan, this tea is much better than drinking it in the palace! " Yuan Chiying praised.

"Yuan Gongzi, it can't be that you came to visit so early in the morning just to get some tea!"

At this time, Chu Lv, dressed in a dark green long skirt, slowly walked over. Her entire person was like a lotus flower in the morning, pleasing to the eyes!

"Miss Chu, it's morning!" Yuan Chiying greeted with a smile.

Chu Lv sat down beside him, her eyebrows raised as she asked: "Yuan Gongzi, what brings you here this time?"

Yuan Chiying scratched his head awkwardly. Honestly speaking, with their relationship, they could not really be considered friends. Although Yuan Chiying had a thick skin, he still felt that it was a little rude.

"Um, Miss Chu, I do have something that I need your help with," Yuan Chiying said somewhat embarrassedly.

"If you have something to say, just say it!" Chu Lv smiled and looked at Yuan Chiying.

"It's like this! I plan to make a trip to Han Mo, so I want to ask Miss Chu, do you know which families live in which direction, and I plan to let them take me there. " Yuan Chiying said in embarrassment.

"Hmm? You actually want to go to that place. " Chu Lv said in shock.

As everyone knew, the Han Mo region was a forbidden zone of the empire, and dangers lurked everywhere. As long as treasures appeared in the world, most people would not be able to find them, and most people would not risk their lives to look for some illusionary items.

Chu Lv pondered for a moment, her beautiful eyes were fixated on Yuan Chiying, and from her expression, it didn't seem like she was joking.

"Alright! The Han Mo is located at the southern border of the empire, so the Chu Clan's territory is not in the south, but the Qu Clan's power is mostly distributed over that region. Chu Lv said softly.

Hearing that, Yuan Chiying's expression became excited, just a moment ago he was still a little worried, whether the south would be under the jurisdiction of the Shen family, after all, Yuan Chiying did not have any enemies with them, but they were not friendly either.

"Don't be too happy yet! The southern border is not as simple as you think, the forces inside are complicated, even the royal family cannot penetrate into it, at most the Qu family can only take you on a trip, as for the last part of the journey, you still have to go by yourself. " Chu Lv said with a slightly heavy expression on her delicate face.

"That's enough! Miss Chu, this favor will be etched in my heart, if I have the strength in the future, I will definitely return it many times! " Yuan Chiying said seriously.

"I've helped you partly because of your potential, but mostly because I feel that you can be trusted!" Chu Lv said softly.

Yuan Chiying scratched his head in embarrassment. No matter what, Chu Lv was willing to help him, and from the bottom of her heart, Yuan Chiying truly recognized Chu Lv as his friend.

"Alright, stop fooling around. Come with me, I'll take you to see Yan Yan!" Chu Lv smiled.

The two of them walked out of the Chu Clan stronghold, and the Qu Clan stronghold was very close to the Chu Clan stronghold. The two of them walked out of the Chu Clan stronghold, and the Qu Clan was very close to the Chu Clan stronghold.

The two of them quickly arrived at the Qu Clan's stronghold. Because of the relationship between Chu Lv and Qu Yan, the guards knew that the Chu Clan's young miss, the two of them were not stopped and entered the courtyard of the Qu Clan.

The structure of the Qu Family's stronghold was not much different from the Chu Family's. Chu Lv made Yuan Chiying wait in the great hall, then went to find Qu Yan, it was not surprising that she did so, since it was still early, most people did not even wake up yet, not to mention the beautiful women who liked to sleep late.

Fortunately, when Chu Lv left, she did not make Yuan Chiying wait for long. Not long later, the two girls slowly walked over from the main hall's entrance.

"Sister Chu has already told me about Yuan Gongzi's situation. Our Qu Clan is indeed preparing to return to our clan today, but even though we are headed in the same direction, we are unable to send you to the southern border." Qu Yan said softly.

"I understand, Miss Qu is already extremely grateful for helping!" I don't dare to ask for too much! "

"Hehe, since I've helped you, we can be considered friends from now on. You don't have to be so formal with me!"

"Alright then!" In the future, if there's anything that I, Yuan Chiying, can use, feel free to ask! "

"Of course, I'm not like Big Sister Chu. I will be courteous with you!" Qu Yan said mischievously.

Yuan Chiying laughed simple-mindedly.

"Alright!" According to father, yesterday, we will depart at ten in the morning. At that time, you will just have to ride in the same carriage as us! "

After he finished speaking, Qu Yan no longer paid attention to Yuan Chiying, and dragged Chu Lv away. He didn't know what the two of them were up to, but the extremely bored Yuan Chiying could only sit in the great hall in a daze, and carefully analyze the details of this trip to Han Mo, and whether he had missed anything.

Time passed quickly. At this time, someone came into the hall. It was the same guard from before.

"Yuan Gongzi, the Patriarch is already gathered outside the courtyard, we only need you!" The guard spoke up.

Yuan Chiying nodded, stood up and followed the guard out.

In the open space outside of the Qu family stronghold, a group of 30 people were all dressed in silver armor with silver spears in their hands. The patriarch of the Qu family stood at the front, while Qu Yan stood quietly beside Qu Xiangyang.

"Little friend, you're here. Let's go!" Qu Xiangyang slowly said to Yuan Chiying.

With such a lineup, it inevitably attracted the curiosity of the bystanders, and they all stationed themselves to watch. In order to not attract attention, Yuan Chiying intentionally tied up his head with a piece of cloth, exposing only one eye. With such a unique appearance, he was out of place with the rest of the group.

Fortunately, Yuan Chiying was not tall enough, so the crowd did not have their gazes on him for long. The Qu Family's carriage was placed outside the city, where Qu Xiangyang and an old man sat together in one carriage, Yuan Chiying and Qu Yan sat alone in another, while the rest of the guards followed behind on their horses.

"Yan Yan, do you know what kind of forces are at the southern border?" Yuan Chiying asked curiously.

Qu Yan lightly nodded her head, and said softly: "There are two powers that you need to pay attention to. The first is the Li Mansion, it is not restricted by any of the powers in the Kalman Empire, and there are a lot of people inside, and some of the stronger people exist, and even the members of the royal family are unable to penetrate through it. Of course, this is not to say that the royal family's strength is not enough, it's just that the Li Mansion is too powerful, and the imperial family is often unable to do so. The second is the autumn gate, this sect belongs to a foreign power, their strength is extremely mysterious, I do not know much about it either. "

"From the looks of it, I should try my best to avoid contacting the people from these two factions." Yuan Chiying pondered.

"Hm!" With your current strength, you won't be able to defeat them no matter what. They live in the southern borders all year round, so they have a high interest in Han Mo.

"Hm!" I will. It is because of the complicated situation there that I have a chance. Moreover, I am traveling alone, so it would be relatively safer for me. " Yuan Chiying smiled slightly.

Qu Yan rolled her eyes and said snappily: "I really don't know what treasure is in Han Mo that's worth putting your life on the line for!"

Yuan Chiying's eyes were filled with melancholy and said faintly: "You should know that I cannot cultivate the spirit. Perhaps there is a way to change my current situation."

To be honest, Qu Yan was rather curious about Yuan Chiying. At least in terms of body techniques, the person in front of him was someone who was extremely rare, even in a large clan like the Qu Family.

"En, in case something happens that cannot be resolved, go to the Zhu Yan Tea House in Pu Town and show this jade chip to the owner. He will provide you with all the help he can!"

As he said that, Qu Yan took out a jade slip from his scented bag and handed it over to Yuan Chiying.

"Thank you!" Yuan Chiying did not argue and accepted the jade slip, putting it away in his pocket.

The distance between the Imperial City and the southern border was quite far, according to the horse route, it would take at least a month to arrive, and the Qu Clan's residence was located in the southern region. After travelling for five days, they only stopped to rest for a while, and then proceeded on.

"That's right! Yan Yan, in this southern region, other than your Qu Clan, are there any other forces? " Yuan Chiying asked.

"Actually, no matter where you are, there will always be some spies from the big powers. Therefore, you must be careful in your future path. In three days, you will reach the southern central region, where we will part ways." Qu Yan said softly.

"En!" Yuan Chiying nodded.

Three days passed in the blink of an eye. The central region of the south was vast. This area was filled with pagodas made of stone and earth.

"Little friend Yuan, this is the only place we can take you. Follow the stone road ahead and you will reach the southern border in about half a month." Qu Xiangyang slowly said.

"Thank you for your help, Uncle Qu!" Yuan Chiying cupped his fists and said respectfully.

"Hehe!" No need to be courteous, little friend. Take this warhorse and you'll be able to travel a bit faster. With that, Qu Xiangyang gave the rest of the rations in the carriage to Yuan Chiying.

Yuan Chiying slightly nodded as his heart was deeply moved. Yuan Chiying was clear that he had to walk the remaining path by himself, and the danger involved was unknown, so he did not decline anymore and took the dry rations from Qu Xiangyang's hands.

"Uncle Qu, if I can return successfully, I will personally pay you a visit!" Yuan Chiying said solemnly.

"Hehe!" It's fine, you just need to have this kind of heart! " Qu Xiangyang said with a smile.

"Gone!" "Everyone, take care!" Yuan Chiying cupped his fists at Qu Yan and the guards, then turned and rode his horse and quickly left.

Qu Xiangyang looked at Yuan Chiying's retreating back, and blurted out: "As soon as I meet him, I'll turn into a dragon!"

"Alright!" Daddy! It's time for us to go back! " Qu Yan said with a sweet smile.